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Alt as Meta-key with recent terminal emulators

NameAlt as Meta-key with recent terminal emulators 0.1
RatingNot rated
AuthorPlagman
ForNetHack 3.4.3
DescriptionThis patch fixes the tty input code to recognize Esc as the Meta-key, allowing to use Alt for extended commands
 This patch fixes the tty input code to recognize Esc as the Meta-key, allowing to use Alt for extended commands with all terminal emulators that dropped Meta-bit functionality. That includes very common ones such as gnome-terminal, urxvt, PuTTY and pretty much anything made in the past ten years.
Using Alt for extended commands saves at least a keypress compared to #.
Downloadhttp://eduke32.pastebin.com/pastebin.php?dl=f419d2b44 (0.7 Kb)
AddedAugust 19, 2009 17:16
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